Texas Editors 75 Years Ago Didn't Love Each Other
A retrospective look at early Texas journalism recalls fierce rivalries among editors of the Comanche Chief Fort Worth Democrat Dallas News Galveston Daily News and others. The piece notes harsh editorials libel freely and a volatile press climate before the Texas Press Association gathering in Fort Worth. It contrasts past blunt clashes with the present cordial meeting.
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Texas
C. L. Douglas
Fort Worth Press
Texas Press Association
Fort Worth
B. C. L. Douglas
Texas Press Assn
Hotel Texas
Eastland Review
Fort Worth Democrat
Dallas News
Galveston Daily News
The
Democrat
Col
B. B. Paddock
Dallas
Galveston
Fort
Gaceta de Texas
Nacogdoches
Louisiana
Texas Republic
Gail Borden
Telegraph & Register
San Felipe
Stephen Austin
Texas Gazetter
Houston Morning Star
Redlander
San Augustine
Northern’ Standard
Clarksville
Austin
Matagorda
Austin Journal
Samuel Whiting
Austin Daily Bulletin
G. W. Harrison
Texian
Bulletin
Whiting
Postoaks
Capitol
George W. Robson
Jacksboro Frontier Echo
Dallas Herald
Henry A. McCullum
Texas Hotel
Pilot Point Marine Earns Engineering Degree Without High School
George Bridges son of Mr and Mrs Alonzo Bridges completed seven years of schooling then served in the Marines. He entered North Texas State College with no high school credits, finished at the University of Texas in mechanical engineering top 10 percent with high honors. His brother John also earned a degree. both had strong college careers despite different schooling lengths.
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Pilot Point
George Bridges
Alonzo Bridges
North Texas State College
George
University of Texas
John
Pilot Point High School
Chester Cloer
Grand Prairie
Orange
Law Students Aid Sailors as Legal Aid Network Expands
In Norman Oklahoma sailors with legal troubles seek help from University of Oklahoma law students. Officers say many issues are settled on the spot with tougher cases going to the county bar. The program is praised as unusual and beneficial by Amer ican Bar Association official Junius L. Allison. Citation No 61379 directs Ellen Coleman Bain Wester and Annie Mae Wright through a Texas court process for land dispute involving four and six tenths acres in Grayson County.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Naval Air Technical Training Center
United States
Junius L. Allison
Chicago
American Bar Assn
Legal Aid Committee
State OF
Texas
Ellen Coleman Bain Wester
Annie Mae Wright
A. D
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Clifford C. Mott
S. W
Earnest
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
Veteran GI Insurance and Pension Q&A Clarifications
A WWI veteran need not count his wife's part time earnings for VA pension. If a GI term premium is unpaid at death during grace, beneficiaries receive proceeds minus unpaid premium. Post Korea GI training deadline applies only to vets separated before August 20, 1952. later separations have two years to start training. If a veteran dies without naming a GI insurance beneficiary, the policy proceeds follow standard beneficiary rules.
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Korea
Judge questions juror whereabouts in San Francisco trial
Judge Clarence Morris questions juror John Kelly about his absence from the previous day in court. Kelly replies with a grin, insisting he was present, but the judge notes his absence and detains him in the county jail for five days. Faith and doubt quoted from Sherwood Eddy follow.
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San Francisco
John Kelly
Clarence Morris
Kelly
Morris
From where I sit by Joe Marsh
A narrator describes a new Maple Avenue sign outside Granny White's house inviting visitors to "Antiques Inquire Within." Granny explains she wants people to talk and browse rather than buy, and will state a price only if pressed, preserving her habit of not selling.
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Granny White
Maple Avenue
Granny
GE Sees Rapid Growth and New Industries Ahead
The article highlights booming U S industry driven by research and development. It cites General Electric examples from 1926 to 1954 with refrigerators electronics and atomic energy, noting 28.4 billion dollars spent on new plant and equipment last year and GE plans 175 million dollars in 1954.
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General Electric
America
G.E
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